Looking out from the narrow cannon hole, I only saw a surging human head, and most of them stretched their necks to look at Nanshan City not far away. The bunker was built very low, firstly to maintain concealment, and secondly, not to block the firing range of the main gun emplacements at the head of the city. The Xi army, who was crowded in the trench, barely noticed the dark fort arranged at the bottom of the trench, and there was even a Hao bridge directly on the top of the dark fort.

Looking down from the head of Nanshan City, some Xi Jun had just climbed up the high side of the trench and was stretching their bodies, and some turned around to pull their comrades who were climbing up, and the foot soldiers holding shields seemed endless. The order to fire the cannon had already been passed down through the microphone arranged in the tunnel, Tong Yunjie's clenched palms were sweaty, and he glanced to the side, Zhao Xingde's brows were furrowed tightly, as if he was doing something that he didn't like very much, but had to do. The question just now suddenly popped up in Tong Yunjie's mind, "How much time can you kill two thousand people?" Then I couldn't help but estimate the number of enemy troops in front, the current density of firepower, and how much time it would take to kill them all. It's an exchange of cold ammunition and flesh and blood.

"Fuck you." Tong Yunjie felt as if he was not fighting, but making a deal with demons, and his eyebrows furrowed involuntarily, removing this unpleasant feeling from his mind.

At this time, accompanied by many "open fire!" Sound, the gunners on each gun emplacement lit the fire rope almost at the same time, at this distance, more than the loaded shotguns, only the gun emplacements in the dark bunker along the direction of the trench, loaded with five pounds of solid iron bullets. The effort of the prior coordinated training was not in vain, and the main cannon at the head of the city and the cannon in the bunker roared almost simultaneously. Artillery fire roared everywhere, gunpowder smoke rose, and the entire Nanshan seemed to tremble.

The defenders were unusually quiet, and Guo Baoyi had long felt that it was inappropriate. In an instant, the sound of artillery was loud and deafening. He hurriedly raised the clairvoyant mirror in front of him, and there was still a sea of Xi troops in front of the big array. Yelu Yanshan's face sank and asked, "What's going on?" "The generals below are divided, and no one can answer." Rubbish! Yelu Yanshan couldn't help but scold, "Order Xiao Zhong, don't be afraid of the enemy's artillery fire, quickly conquer the earthen city in front of you, and clear the way for the army." ”

The herald rode out on horseback, Yelu Yanshan raised the clairvoyant mirror again, and looked towards Nanshan City, but, with the fire of various artillery positions, within a range of more than 100 steps around Nanshan City, it was soon covered with a layer of gunsmoke, and soon, the cavalry of the herald also did not enter the gunsmoke, and the clairvoyant mirror could not see what was happening, but only heard the sound of shouting and screaming faintly in the roar of the cannons.

The advancing Xi army was attacked by a sudden attack by artillery, and Xiao Zhong, as the capital supervisor of the Xi army, had not yet passed through the trench, but this was indeed within the range of the main cannon at the head of the city. A shotgun brushed him by, striking his guards, splattering him with flesh and brains. "Lord Xiao, we have been ambushed!" "Let's withdraw first!" Xiao Zhong was frightened and was about to order the withdrawal of the army, but he received a military order from Yelu Yanshan, asking him to continue to attack Nanshan City. The dozens of drums in the Chinese army's large array also sounded rapidly, Xiao Zhong had to wipe a handful of blood on his face, pulled out a scimitar, and shouted loudly: "It's just artillery, keep rushing, whoever retreats, I will kill him with one sword!" After saying that, he took his own soldiers and continued to advance towards the mountain, and before he could take a few steps, he encountered a large group of defeated soldiers who retreated from the front.

At the bottom of the outermost wide trench of Nanshan City, the artillerymen were almost loading and firing at the fastest speed, and the trench was originally crowded with Xi troops, accompanied by huge roars again and again, the five-pound solid iron bullet flew through the trench like a mad horse, passing through countless flesh and blood along the way, until the last trace of inertia was exhausted, or it burrowed heavily into the ground. At this time, the trench was already full of stumps and broken arms, and the blood was flowing under the feet of the soldiers, and they regarded this place as a hellish existence if they accidentally stepped on the corpses and internal organs. Except for those soldiers who lay on the ground to avoid the shells, refused to move, and even frightened themselves, the rest of the Xi army desperately crawled towards the edge of the trench, trying to get out of this demonic hell.

The dark fort was already shrouded in heavy gunsmoke, and the Xi army was stunned by the sudden fire, and until now, the Liao army, which had suffered heavy casualties, had not been organized, and even most of the people did not find out where the shells were fired from. In the narrow space in the dark fort, in less than a stick of incense, all the Han gunners were sweating, but they were as excited as if they were cramping, and the gun commander was still urging: "Hurry, hurry!" Seeing that the shells were fired, someone muttered nervously: "This is enough for this, enough for this!" ”

Although there is a special air outlet, there is still a choking smell in the dark castle, and everyone is almost coughing hoarsely, and after coughing, someone is urging loudly: "Charge bag!" "Cannonballs!" "Cannonballs?" "Hurry up, cannonballs!" "Fire!" "Fire!" ...... "Wan Sheng!" "Kill!" Accompanied by the heavy panting of the gunners, one solid shell after another, like a mad horse, trampled wantonly in the trench, ravaged and killed without hesitation......

General Yuwen Mo climbed up the inner edge of the trench with an iron knife in his mouth, secretly screaming luck in his heart, and suddenly had an alarm in his heart, his movements only slowed down, and he felt several strong winds flying by, and Xi Jun beside him fell to the ground with a scream. It was a shotgun cannon, Yuwen Mo secretly called it a fluke, just crawling on the ground, looking left and right, the Han army's artillery position was set up very tricky, taking advantage of the terrain of the slope of Nanshan slope downward, and the shotgun fired by the artillery above flew sideways almost parallel to the ground. Many of the clansmen who had just crawled out of the trench with great difficulty were hit by the shotguns. Yu Wenmo lay on the ground and observed for a while, and found that he took advantage of the gap between the shells to fire, or rushed up for a ride, and then lay down, he could avoid most of the shelling. Yuwen Mo looked at the Xi army, who was constantly falling and fleeing left and right, and shouted loudly: "Get down, get down!" But no one paid attention to him, Yuwen Mo finally wavered, he glanced forward unwillingly, and stepped back with the iron knife in his mouth.

Just jumped off the trench, Yuwen Mo felt that his feet were soft, and he almost slipped, it turned out that a puddle of plasma had accumulated in the trench, and even the shallow soil was soaked, Yuwen Mo's heart was cold, and he immediately fell to the ground, and climbed to the opposite side of the trench little by little, just when he met a general who was wielding a scimitar to intercept the rout, Yuwen Mo raised his head slightly, and shouted: "I am Yuwen Mo, take me to see Xiao Dujian quickly!" ”

Xiao Zhong was urging his subordinates to continue to attack Nanshan, and at first glance, he couldn't help but be taken aback when he saw Yuwen Mo with a bloodstained face. Yuwen Mo is a famous brave general, but he didn't expect him to retreat so embarrassed. Before he could ask the reason, Yuwen Mo said, "My lord, you can't fight so hard!" He pointed to the north and south sides of the trench and said loudly: "The artillery fire of these two dark forts of the Han army is very strong, if you don't attack them first, no matter how many people you send them, they will be sent to death!" ”

The Yuwen clan used to be the great leader of the Xi clan. Yuwen Mosu is known as both civil and military, and is quite famous among the younger generation of Xi people. Therefore, although many of the Xi generals who had been defeated and retreated before said that they would not be able to advance without defeating the Han army's hidden fortress, Xiao Zhong thought that they were delaying and pushing, but Yuwen Mo said so, Xiao Zhong nodded, and only ordered all departments to pack up their troops and horses for the time being, but not to flee backwards.

The Xi troops of all units retreated one after another, and the artillery of the Han army stopped firing, and the smoke of gunpowder gradually dissipated, revealing a hideous appearance on the battlefield. There were hardly a few pillars of incense, and the corpses of Xi Jun were everywhere near the trenches outside Nanshan City, and discarded blade banners could be seen everywhere, and carts, ladders, and stone-throwing tools were also abandoned on the ground. Looking down from above, the trenches were full of corpses, and the battlefield was full of groaning enemies, and the main loss of the Han army was due to the fact that the artillery crew forgot to cool down in a hurry, which caused an artillery gun to explode, killing and wounding several gunners on the spot.

Zhao Xingde explained the arrangement of each gun position many times, as well as the key to firing artillery, but when the generals really witnessed this scene, they still gasped. The ratio of casualties between the enemy and the enemy is too great, and many people, from generals to non-commissioned officers, are dumbfounded one by one. Victory came too easily, but it was too easy to accept.

"How is it possible, how is it possible?" Tong Yunjie muttered: "There are so many of them, so many people, they are defeated like this, is this the curse?" Among the people present, he was one of the few people who knew the most about the fortifications and the power of the artillery in Nanshan City, but he also looked incredulous.

"This is not the curse of heaven, but the way of heaven," Zhao Xingde said in a low voice, "The way of the Tao is not the way." This is the way of heaven and earth that are unkind, and that all things are used as dogs,......"

There was a strange silence in the fort, and suddenly, someone asked thoughtfully, "Isn't there no distinction between good and evil in the way of heaven?" ”

"The water flows to a low place, and it is cold and hot at four o'clock, can there be good and evil? The Tao is not for Yao, not for the sake of death, those who follow it prosper, those who go against it die, the avenue is natural, there is no distinction between good and evil. Zhao Xingde said slowly, "Good and evil, benevolence and virtue are all in the hearts of the people." Heaven is ruthless, people must not lose their morality, and they ,......will return to the same beasts" He narrowed his eyes slightly, he found that in order to avoid the damage of artillery fire from the side as much as possible, the Xi army formed a dense column in the direction of the dark fort in the distance, preparing to attack again, in the last attack, the enemy left countless corpses in the trench and in front of the fort, if there were several such attacks, I am afraid that the corpses would pile up, and the firing range of some low gun positions would be blocked, and the attacker could even use the corpse of the robe as a cover.

"Inform the forts in front of you that the artillery will be reloaded with solid shells and double medicine kits." Zhao Xingde groaned, "Send someone to shout and inform the generals of the Liao army." He paused for a moment, and then listened to the herald say loudly, and then read word by word, "The soldier is also a murder weapon, the two armies are fighting, it is a last resort, the dead are innocent, they should not be destroyed by violent corpses again, within half an hour, we can tolerate him to send five hundred people to collect the corpses." ”